Spread over half acre of land at the left end of the BSI Eco
Park, this is a beautiful new garden showcases some 50 orchid plants of Borneo
Island.
This is a private garden but public are welcome. When no visitor the gate is
kept locked and need prearrangement with the office to open the gate. Please call office at
Bandar Sri Indah 089-773311.

Pan Borneo Highway
Open University Malaysia
Semporna
Islands of Sabah
BEST of Tawau
Places of Interest
Higher Education in Malaysia
Chinese New Year in Tawau
MAKTAB PERGURUAN TAWAU
Travel Connection
Maps of Tawau
What to Eat
Hotels
Tawau Cultural Festival

The cone-shaped roof Pasar Tamu and Pasar Utama located near to each other
along the riverfront selling a range of local produces and local hawker food
favourites. You can find the famous “Bintulu Belacan” or the shrimp paste here.

Daily traders from longhouses selling veggies along a walkway behind a
primary school near Pasar Teresang. As the site gets increasingly congested on
weekends, some daily traders resort to hawking along the pedestrian walkway
behind a primary school and the compound of a temple near the building.

FRESH VEGETABLE MARKET of Kundasang is a belt of low single storey wooden
shades by the highway. Various types of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and other
products from the highlands were sold in Kundasang Market.

Kundasang vegetable market is well-known for fresh and locally grown vegetables.
Local farmers sell their produce every day at this market located along the main
highway.
Fresh fruits, flowers and local produce such as wild honey are also sold here.

I S M -
Institute of Science & Management was began December 01 1990 as Sabah Chinese
'A' Level with 7 teaching staff and 40 students pursuing the Associated
Examining Board GCE 'A' Level programme.
Today ISM has a new school building as a landmark of Tawau........

Teacher Training College
(MAKTAB PERGURUAN TAWAU)
Malaysia’s education system was gaining international attention with the country
being recognized as having an effective conventional and religious curriculum by
various groups.
Malaysia hoped to share its teaching standard with other countries in the region
paving the way for the nation to becoming a centre of education excellence...

"University For All", the Open University Malaysia (OUM), launched on 26 August
2002, has "Lifelong Learning Programme" for senior citizens and the disabled.
This programme, implemented in 2005, incorporated a special scheme for those
aged 55 and above and the disabled, who need only pay half the tuition fees. The
lifelong learning programme is an ongoing programme conducted on demand, varying
according to the needs of the students or members from various organizations in
Malaysia.

After primary schooling, pupils will move on to secondary
schooling. However, those from ethnic primary schools who wish to enter national
schools will undergo a year in a remove class / remove form (kelas peralihan /
tingkatan peralihan).
Secondary schooling takes 5 years altogether.

Tawau Airport (Lapangan Terbang Tawau) is the second airport in Sabah with
immigration counters for international flights.

The airport is 31 km from Tawau town. The new runway could cater for aircraft as
big as Airbus series.

The airports handles only domestic flights from Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and
Kuala Lumpur.

The previous international flights to Tarakan in East Kalimantan, Indonesia were
suspended in 2008.

Tawau Airport is under the management of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd.
There is now airport in Semporna Town and Kunak Town. Passengers going to these
two town arrive at Tawau Airport from here take land transport.
The nearest airport to Tawau Airport is Lahad Datu Airport which is two hours to
drive.

2,239 kilometre-long
Pan-Borneo Highway

The Pan-Borneo Highway was built in 1986 to link the two East Malaysian states
of Sabah and Sarawak.

Between Sabah and Sarawak, the highway passed
through two halves of Brunei.

As of today, the Pan-Borneo Highway is 93 percent completed, with a remainder
of a 50-kilometre missing link from Kalabakan to Serudong.
There are several bus companies covering different section of the Pan-Borneo
Highway. But there is one bus company cover the whole route. Salam Bumimas
Express has buses from Kuching-Miri-Kota Kinabalu-Tawau.